Grave-vault



(No Model.)

L. WARSTLER.

GRAVB'VAULT.

Patented July 21, 1896.

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LEVI WARSTLER, OF LOUISVILLE, OHIO.

G RAVE-VAU LT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 564,354, dated July 21, 1896.

Application filed December 4, 1895. Serial No. 570,992. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: A are placed so as to bring their flangeless Be it knownthat I, LEVI WVARSTLER, acitiends together, as illustrated in Fig. 4, and zen of the United States, residing at Louisthe grooves a properly filled with cement, af- 55 ville, in the county of Stark and State of ter which the ends E are placed in proper Ohio, have invented certain new and useful position upon the flanged ends of the sections Improvements in Grave-Vaults; and I do A and said ends properly cemented to the hereby declare that the following is a full, lower sections, thus completing the lower clear, and exact description of the same, refportion of the grave-vault, and brings it into 60 erence being had to the annexed drawings, position to receive the casket. After the casmaking a part of this specification, and to ket has been properly placed in the lower the letters of reference marked thereon, in portion of the grave-vault the upper sections which- E are placed in the position illustrated in Figure 1 is a view showing the different Fig.2 and the center piece D properly at- 65 parts of the grave-vault detached or set apart. tached and cemented. The ends E are also Fig. 2 is a view showing the position of the properly cemented to the upper sections B.

different parts of the vault placed in proper By assembling the sections A and B and position to form a completed vault. Fig. 3 is connecting them as above described produces a detached view of one of the grave-vault a complete grave-vault which will be Water- 73 connecting-pieces. Fig. 4: is a view showing tight and at the same time well adapted for the grave-vault connecting-piece in section the purpose designed.

and illustrating the grave vault .sections In the manufacture of the sections A and placed together. B, I prefer to form the sections together by The presentinvention has relation to gravemeans of an ordinary die, such as is comvaults; and it consists in the different parts monly used in the manufacture of sewer- 25 and combination of parts hereinafter depipe, except that as the sections are passed scribed, and particularly pointed out in the through the die Idesire to score said sections, claim. or, in other words, to slit the sections by Similar letters of reference indicate corremeans of thin knives, thereby leaving the sponding parts in all the figures of the drawsections in their relative positionv to each 0 ings. other until after they are burned. WVhen In the accompanying drawings, A reprethe sections are properly burned in a kiln, sents the bottom or lower grave-vault secthey can be easily separated, owing to the tions, and B represents the upper sections of fact that they have been slitted by means of the grave-vault, which are substantially of thin knives, which knives are attached to the 3 5 the form shown in the drawings. die so as to come in proper position to oper- When it is desired to construct a graveate upon the plastic clay as it passes through vault from the various parts, two lower secthe die. tions A are placed end to end, with the flanged For the purpose of providing a sufficient o ends set away from each other, as illustrated amount of surface for attaching cement the 0 in Fig. 2. For the purpose of making a Wasections are each provided with the flanges ter-tight joint the center pieces 0 and D are or ribs 6 and f, said flanges being formed at provided, which pieces are provided with the the sametime the sections are made. grooves a, said grooves being for the purpose For the purpose of providing a space to rehereinafter described. The beads or flanges ceive the ends of the pieces or parts 0 and D 45 d and o are formed upon one end of each of as illustrated in Fig. 2, the flanges or ribs e the sections A and B, as illustrated in the and f are formed somewhat shorter than the drawings, and are for the purpose of providlength of the sections. ing a means for forming the shoulders, which It will be understood that all of the different 1C0 shoulders are for the purpose of holding the parts forming the grave-vault are to be formed 50 end pieces E in proper position with referof plastic clay and afterwardproperly burned ence to the sections A and B, said end pieces in a kiln. By providing the grooves a in the forming the ends of the vault. The sections pieces 0 and D room will be provided to receive cement and thereby properly connect-' ing the different parts together.

Having fully described my invention, What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is'

The combination of the sections A, and B, provided with the beads or flanges d, and c, and the ribs 6, and f, formed of less length than the length of the sections, the center IO pieces 0, and D, provided with the grooves a, and the meeting ends of the center pieces 

